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WD’s Refreshed My Passport Lineup Features a Slim 5TB Portable Drive
By Matt Safford published
WD’s refreshed My Passport portable hard drives come in capacities of up to 5TB, come in four colors and top out at 0.75 inches thick.
Lexar SL100 Pro Portable SSD Review: Pro Pricing, Semi Performance
By Sean Webster published
Lexar's latest external SSD sports read and write speeds that are about double what you can get from most portables. But is that enough to make up for its high price?
How to Build Your Own SSD: Fast, Roomy Storage for Less
By Matt Safford published
If you’re looking for a speedy external SSD, you may want to build your own to save some money and get better performance.
LaCie Mobile Drive Portable HDD Review: Pretty Portable
By Sean Webster published
LaCie's Mobile Drive is the nicest-looking portable drive available. But unless you want to test drive the included free month of Adobe CC, there are better options.
LaCie 2big RAID 16TB Review: Big on Reliability and Capacity
By Sean Webster published
With spacious capacities and a 10Gb/s USB 3.1 Type-C interface, LaCie’s got a new professional desktop RAID device that is ideal for the creative pro looking to up their storage game.
WD Releases 1TB Gaming Drive Accelerated SSD for Xbox One
By Nathaniel Mott published
Western Digital released the new Gaming Drive Accelerated for Xbox One in 500GB and 1TB capacities.
Seagate Announces LaCie Rugged RAID Shuttle and 2big RAID External Drive Enclosures
By Joe Shields published
Seagate Premium brand LaCie announces Rugged RAID Shuttle and 2big RAID External Drives. USB 3.1 Gen 2 connectivity along with Data Recovery Services.
MyDigitalSSD M2X NVMe Enclosure Review: Put NVMe in Your Pocket
By Sean Webster published
MyDigitalSSD's new MX2 enclosure unleashes the NVMe beast with the USB 3.1 Gen 2 speeds up to 1,000 MB/s.
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